Adventure

Blind Adventurer Erik Weihenmayer Plans to Kayak Grand Canyon

Four years ago, blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer began paddling a kayak. Weihenmayer, the first blind person to summit Everest, plans to become the first blind person to kayak the Grand Canyon. He's training now for a 2013 expedition. “I think blind kayaking is a different sport than a sighted person
kayaking because you rely on your eyes so much,” he told The New York Times. “I’m trying to
feel what’s under my boat and what’s under my paddle, and to use my
ears, and everything is happening so quickly. Without eyes it’s like
sensory overload.”